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cnn's kyung lah is standing outside a walmart in paramount, california. you were in the middle of the protests today. tell us what happened. >> reporter: this is a very large protest here, joe. there were at the height of this the l.a. county sheriff's department estimating about 1,000 protesters in or around this particular walmart. and this protest, it was loud, it was ruckus, it was the very opposite of what you might expect on a black friday shopping day here at a walmart. and that's the point. the employees who walked off the job joined by many supporters and labor say they want today make the point to management that they want to have a fair discussion about pay, about health care as well about the hours that they work. they chose black friday, a very potent day to make that point. here's what an employee as well as a shopper told us what they think. >> they say do this, do that. none of it works. this is the only way we can get our voice out there is speaking with the media, the public. >> just a matter that they have to, you know, do things right
cnn's kyung lah is standing outside a walmart in paramount, california. you were in the middle of the protests today. tell us what happened. >> reporter: this is a very large protest here, joe. there were at the height of this the l.a. county sheriff's department estimating about 1,000 protesters in or around this particular walmart. and this protest, it was loud, it was ruckus, it was the very opposite of what you might expect on a black friday shopping day here at a walmart. and that's...
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but now california authorities are seeking to make their own recovery. the civil penalties of more than $4 million for misrepresentations in soliciting. california says this charity paid excessive salaries, perks and conducted illegal deals with donated money, all for the benefit of some board members and officers. >> it is a shell game. and i think what we've seen at the end of the day is that instead of focusing their intellectual efforts and energies and energies of the corporation on getting money to help the folks who are in need of help, our injured veterans, instead they spend all of their energy, effort and time on these shell games to move money around in order to benefit themselves. >> reporter: according to the charity's latest filings, the president of hhv, michael lynch, was paid a salary of $389,000, and that's just the start. in its complaint, california authorities say money donated for hospitalized veterans also paid for memberships in these two country clubs near lynch's home. a cost of $80,000. donated funds paid for this condominium n
but now california authorities are seeking to make their own recovery. the civil penalties of more than $4 million for misrepresentations in soliciting. california says this charity paid excessive salaries, perks and conducted illegal deals with donated money, all for the benefit of some board members and officers. >> it is a shell game. and i think what we've seen at the end of the day is that instead of focusing their intellectual efforts and energies and energies of the corporation on...
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if you're going setting california to los angeles, to las vegas, that could be true. a party train to since city is one step closer, freight. not sure of the dancing girls, the x train will feature big screen tps, recliners, all front lounges, ceo of las vegas rally of some expressed the service on new year's eve 2013. tracy: parking related insurance claims, compared to the two week 04 and added a big shopping day, we are getting rear ended for 12%. the number one thing to watch next week is three pec
if you're going setting california to los angeles, to las vegas, that could be true. a party train to since city is one step closer, freight. not sure of the dancing girls, the x train will feature big screen tps, recliners, all front lounges, ceo of las vegas rally of some expressed the service on new year's eve 2013. tracy: parking related insurance claims, compared to the two week 04 and added a big shopping day, we are getting rear ended for 12%. the number one thing to watch next week is...
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. >> stephanie mcilvain gave her sworn deposition at oakley's headquarters in california. the year before out of the blue, she had received a phone call from an american cycling legend. >> hello. >> stephanie? >> yeah. >> this is greg lemond calling. >> greg who? >> greg lemond. >> how are you? >> how you doing. >> greg lemond in the leader's yellow jersey. >> greg lemond was a three-time winner of the tour de france who insisted he never took drugs. lemond had fallen out with lance armstrong who he suspected of doping. and in 2004, he and stephanie mcilvin spoke about what occurred in the hospital. >> i heard from a source outside of the group here of what happened at the hospital, and betsy and i have talked a little bit, but -- and i'm not asking you to do anything you would never want to do, but, you know, if i did get down to where it was a, you know, lawsuit, would you be willing to testify or -- >> if i was subpoenaed, i would. >> yeah. >> because i'm not going to lie. you know, i was in that room. i heard it. >> what stephanie mcilvain didn't know was that greg lem
. >> stephanie mcilvain gave her sworn deposition at oakley's headquarters in california. the year before out of the blue, she had received a phone call from an american cycling legend. >> hello. >> stephanie? >> yeah. >> this is greg lemond calling. >> greg who? >> greg lemond. >> how are you? >> how you doing. >> greg lemond in the leader's yellow jersey. >> greg lemond was a three-time winner of the tour de france who insisted...
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now here in california, amazon is building two giant warehouses. including this one near los angeles. it is a million square feet, and for the old-fashioned retailers, it is another reason to worry. why? because amazon's goal is to get items to customers faster and to be able to offer same day delivery. that's right. you can avoid stores if you want, and have a package delivered to your house in a matter of hours. a win for consumers, but tough for local retailers. >> if amazon creates distribution centers, and facilities on their turf locally, that takes away the one advantage we see retailers have left to compete against amazon. so it is a big deal. >> reporter: internet analyst colin sebastian says that means retailers need to up their game. >> retailers need to take a lesson from amazon. they need to focus on the consumer experience. they need to become more sophisticated both offline and online. >> reporter: those who want a lesson on how to thrive could learn from books inc. >> we had almost everything that came down the pike that could flatt
now here in california, amazon is building two giant warehouses. including this one near los angeles. it is a million square feet, and for the old-fashioned retailers, it is another reason to worry. why? because amazon's goal is to get items to customers faster and to be able to offer same day delivery. that's right. you can avoid stores if you want, and have a package delivered to your house in a matter of hours. a win for consumers, but tough for local retailers. >> if amazon creates...
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jane wells joins us from a best buy in conoga park, california. jane has been showing up with all of the shoppers, who is are w you? >> what's your name? >> anket. >> reporter: how long have you been waiting in line? >> more than two hours. >> reporter: the big deal is the line is taking forever. what are you buying? >> i'm buying a dslr camera. >> reporter: you came from india to buy this. >> reporter: i did. >> they have a thing called the internet. >> reporter: this is not the experience i was expecting. >> reporter: you get lines like this back home i suppose? >> yes. >> reporter: as raul shows you how this line snakes around, a crazy person but also maybe someone who is exhausted and with a dry sense of humor is first in line. how many tickets did you get? >> six. >> reporter: what are you planning on getting? >> tv for sure and probably a laptop. >> reporter: and the rest, i don't know, might sell them to you, jane. >> reporter: jason mcclellan got here 98 hours before the doors opened, gave him first choice at picking tickets, like a 40 inc
jane wells joins us from a best buy in conoga park, california. jane has been showing up with all of the shoppers, who is are w you? >> what's your name? >> anket. >> reporter: how long have you been waiting in line? >> more than two hours. >> reporter: the big deal is the line is taking forever. what are you buying? >> i'm buying a dslr camera. >> reporter: you came from india to buy this. >> reporter: i did. >> they have a thing called the...
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let's go to jane at a best buy in california with a look at black friday traffic there. how is it shaping up? >> i cracked the code. don't come here at midnight. come here at 6:00 a.m. cindy, when did you first get here? >> midnight. >> what did you do? >> leave. >> why. >> because the lines were crazy. i saw your news truck and there was no way i was going to get in and get what i wanted. >> people were waiting two hours in line. sometimes more. how long did you wait in line? >> not at all. >> there's only 20 people. >> nothing. >> but what i wanted is gone. >> there you have it. thank you very much. if you look, it's not that busy right now. earlier it was crazy. estimated 1,000 people outside. and as best buy really struggles, management is trying to impress and inspire employees to make it worth it for customers to come in here especially those who have been camped out for days. >> we're excited to be here. this is our super bowl. >> this black friday will be a test of the renew blue strategy that best buy has. management is trying to remedy a reputation for poor cus
let's go to jane at a best buy in california with a look at black friday traffic there. how is it shaping up? >> i cracked the code. don't come here at midnight. come here at 6:00 a.m. cindy, when did you first get here? >> midnight. >> what did you do? >> leave. >> why. >> because the lines were crazy. i saw your news truck and there was no way i was going to get in and get what i wanted. >> people were waiting two hours in line. sometimes more. how...
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first-time caller, first-time cook from california. and she wanted me to walk through purchasing the turkey at the store, the prep work, the whole nine yards,. so i did that. she sounded very satisfied. however, when weep were talking about how to test for doneness, i emphasized the fact that you check in three areas, take your meat they're -- thermometer, breast, and dressing. all of a sudden her whole tone changed. she said, oh, no. now i have to run back to the store. she said, now i have to buy three meat thermometers. >> i said, no, no, no, that's not necessary. just three areas. >> three areas. >> rookie mistake. >> we have cute phone calls we receive. >> you save a lot of meals around the country this time of year. thank you for that. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. happy cooking and leftover eating to everybody out there as well. wo we'll be back with more ""world news now"" right after this. stay with us. . stay with us. ♪ o i need someone to read me stories ♪ ♪ o someone to turn the page >>> fi
first-time caller, first-time cook from california. and she wanted me to walk through purchasing the turkey at the store, the prep work, the whole nine yards,. so i did that. she sounded very satisfied. however, when weep were talking about how to test for doneness, i emphasized the fact that you check in three areas, take your meat they're -- thermometer, breast, and dressing. all of a sudden her whole tone changed. she said, oh, no. now i have to run back to the store. she said, now i have to...
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she joins us from oakland, california. very good early morning to you, becky. what's a late-comer to do? we look at our watches. it's 9:05. are we too late? >> you're probably too late for the big door-busters. but that doesn't mean there aren't good deals out there. for example, let me give you some categories where we're going to see great deals. apple has their only sale of the year today. in-store and online. 7% to 10% off. we see deals on the ipad and on some of their computers. keeping that theme going, any of the apple iphone accessories. with the iphone 5 they introduced a dock connector that's smaller. so any that go with the larger one, the older one, fire sale. i've seen them half off for clock radios that you dock your iphone into. and speaker systems. another category where we're seeing deals, laptops, josh. windows 8, microsoft's new operating system just came out. we're not going to see discounts. but on this day, we're seeing discounts, 20%, 30% off. i saw one at amazon, really good specks. that was about 200 bucks off. there's deals to be had.
she joins us from oakland, california. very good early morning to you, becky. what's a late-comer to do? we look at our watches. it's 9:05. are we too late? >> you're probably too late for the big door-busters. but that doesn't mean there aren't good deals out there. for example, let me give you some categories where we're going to see great deals. apple has their only sale of the year today. in-store and online. 7% to 10% off. we see deals on the ipad and on some of their computers....
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that was at a black friday opening in sacramento, california. those shoppers barely inside the store when that man went off. once inside, some people may be more threatened by pressure from salespeople. you go in for a 3d tv, snag a discounted kindle, then score a deal on an ipad 4. all you intended to buy was a tv and now you wonder how will i ever pay off my credit card bill? clinical psychologist jeff gardiere joins us from new york. you're going to help us with that. we appreciate it. >> good to see you as always. >> number one, don't buy what you already have. that seems simple. >> yeah. stay away from the duplications. listen, we don't need another hero and we don't need another flat screen tv. because of the pressure from the retailers, we feel that we just need to go a little bit better, go a little bit bigger. stick with what you have. carol, i love watching you on my 42" plasma tv. i don't need to go to the 52". i'll keep what i have right now. >> you're a strong man, jeff gardere. you say also make a list. >> make a list before you go
that was at a black friday opening in sacramento, california. those shoppers barely inside the store when that man went off. once inside, some people may be more threatened by pressure from salespeople. you go in for a 3d tv, snag a discounted kindle, then score a deal on an ipad 4. all you intended to buy was a tv and now you wonder how will i ever pay off my credit card bill? clinical psychologist jeff gardiere joins us from new york. you're going to help us with that. we appreciate it....